Watson's Wine is a wine retailer in

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and a member of the A.S. Watson Group (ASW), a

wholly owned subsidiary A subsidiary, subsidiary company, or daughter company is a company completely or partially owned or controlled by another company, called the parent company or holding company, which has legal and financial control over the subsidiary company. Unl ...

of CK Hutchison Holdings Limited (CK Hutchison). They offer a comprehensive selection of fine wine,

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, accessories and cigars. With

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sourced directly from over 20 countries, Watson's Wine lists over 2,000 different wines, more than 400 of which are "exclusive" and cannot be found elsewhere. A distinctive feature of each retail store is the Fine Wine Room containing over 300 different vintages ranging from the top Chateaux from

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to emerging

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Classics from around the world. It opened its first store in International Finance Centre,

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in 1998. It is now the largest specialist wine store in Hong Kong, which has 20 retail stores in Hong Kong, 2 retail stores in

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and an

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site . All staff in the stores are required to pass the "

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References

{{reflist Retail companies established in 1998 AS Watson Wine retailers Drink companies of Hong Kong